John Wesley Harding's New Deal
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{{Infobox album
| name = John Wesley Harding's New Deal
| type = Studio
| artist = John Wesley Harding
| cover = John_Wesley_Harding_-_New_Deal_Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1996|02|13}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| length = {{Duration|m=52|s=56}}
| label = Forward Records (an imprint of Rhino Records)
| producer = Chris Von Sneidern
| prev_title = Why We Fight
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Dynablob
| next_year = 1996
}}
John Wesley Harding's New Deal is an album by the folk-rock singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding, released on February 13, 1996, on Forward Records, an imprint of Rhino Records focused on releasing albums by new artists.{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uA0EAAAAMBAJ |title=Popular Uprisings |last=Borzillo |first=Carrie |website=Billboard |page=18 |publication-date=1996-05-18}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1score={{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/john-wesley-hardings-new-deal-mw0000179872 |title=John Wesley Harding's New Deal Review |last=Woodstra |first=Chris |website=AllMusic}}
|rev3=Entertainment Weekly
|rev2=Robert Christgau
|rev2score={{rating-Christgau|dud}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv396-96.php |title=Consumer Guide |last=Christgau |first=Robert |website=Village Voice |publication-date=1996-04-19}}
}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| total_length = 52:56
| all_writing = John Wesley Harding, except "Cupid and Psycho" co-written by Harding and David Lewis
| title1 = To Whom It May Concern
| length1 = 4:26
| title2 = Other People’s Failure
| length2 = 3:52
| title3 = The Secret Angel
| length3 = 3:30
| title4 = Kiss Me, Miss Liberty
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = Heart Without a Home
| length5 = 4:33
| title6 = God Lives Upstairs
| length6 = 5:32
| title7 = Infinite Combinations
| length7 = 3:40
| title8 = The King is Dead Boring
| length8 = 3:25
| title9 = The Triumph of Trash
| length9 = 3:01
| title10 = Cupid and Psycho
| length10 = 4:56
| title11 = Still Photo
| length11 = 4:12
| title12 = In Paradise
| length12 = 4:22
| title13 = The Speed of Normal
| length13 = 2:56
}}
{{track listing
| headline = 2003 Reissue bonus tracks
| total_length = 75:52
| title14 = The Death of a Ghostwriter
| length14 = 3:54
| title15 = Let Us Now
| length15 = 3:21
| title16 = When the Beatles Hit America
| length16 = 5:47
| title17 = Kiss Me, Miss Liberty
| note17 = Live
| length17 = 4:14
| title18 = The Secret Angel #2
| length18 = 5:40
}}
Personnel
- John Wesley Harding - guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, Hammond organ, percussion, typewriter, vocals, backing vocals, arrangements
- Bennet Bowman - drums
- Greg Leisz -acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Steel guitar, bass guitar
- Robert Lloyd - accordion, Farfisa organ, mandolin, Hammond organ, piano
- David Phillips - pedal steel
- Tammy Rogers - cello, violin
- Denise Stace - bells
- Harry Stinson - engineer
- Peter Straus - bass
- Geoff Sykes - mastering
- Chris Von Sneidern - bass, drums, engineer, mixing, percussion, producer, tambourine, backing vocals, arrangements
References
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Category:John Wesley Harding (singer) albums
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